Stabicraft Marine Sends Eight Vessel Order to Australia

Stabicraft will
be sending eight of its 6.9 Supercab vessels to the Northern
Territory Police Fire and Emergency
Services’.

30 June
2014

- Invercargill, New Zealand. Boat manufacturer,
Stabicraft Marine Ltd has been awarded an Australian
Government contract to build eight of its commercial
vessels, destined for the Northern Territory.

The eight
‘6.9 Supercab’ models valued at approximately
NZD$250,000 each are a special order for the Northern
Territory Police Fire and Emergency Services’ and will
begin on water operations in late July.

On water
operations will see the fleet of Stabicraft’s undertake
harbour and remote police operations, search and rescue
missions, fisheries enforcement, marine safety compliance
and to support general policing in the marine
environment.

Operating over a large area, the fleet and
their two man crews will patrol waters from the Western
Australia border through to the Queensland border, a
coastline of 10,953 km. Individual boats will travel up to
150nm of their home bases on a daily basis.

Stabicraft
Managing Director, Paul Adams, says the order is another
coup for Stabicraft Marine, with a number of the company’s
commercial vessels already operating alongside many
recreational vessels in Australian waters.

“This order
is significant for Stabicraft and see’s the Northern
Territory lice Fire and Emergency Services as another high
profile Australian Government agency choosing to use our
commercial vessels for their operational activities,” said
Mr Adams.

Australian Customs & Border Protection already
operate 19 similar craft with the Victorian Coastguard and
other Australian wide marine water service agencies using a
variety of Stabicraft commercial vessels.

Globally,
Stabicraft has commercial vessels operating across the
pacific and as far away as Alaska and as remote as Myanmar
for the United Nations.

In being awarded the contract from
the Northern Territory Police Fire and Emergency Services,
each of the eight 6.9 Supercab vessels had to meet stringent
Australian

Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) standards,
and in doing so the boats are built to the Australian
National Standard for Commercial Vessels - 2C.

As well as
meeting the Australian regulations, the boats had to have
design and performance requirements such as visibility,
performance, stability and strength to cope with the often
remote and vast Northern Territory waters.

“Stabicraft
has over 27 years of design innovation, being awarded this
contract recognizes the inherent design and performance
attributes our vessels have, most notably durability and
strength.”

Stabicrafts are already inherently very
strong and the unique pontoon design adds a lot of rigidity
to the craft. On these particular 6.9 Supercab vessels, this
has been enhanced by the use of 6mm plate alloy for the hull
and 4mm for the pontoons meaning they will easily be able to
handle the most adverse water conditions.

“Our unique
design has seen our boats being very well respected globally
as capable off-shore work vessels. We design Stabicraft’s
to handle tough seas with confidence, it’s great to see
large organisations like the Northern Territory Police Fire
and Emergency Services recognising this and choosing our
brand.”

Like all Stabicrafts, safety is a key feature
and the 6.9 Supercab vessels feature continuous tubes of
individually sealed flotation chambers providing a ‘Life
Ring’ of buoyancy. The chambers consist of 1400L of
Microlen closed cell foam providing buoyancy. Microlen is an
ultra fine closed cell polymer foam and is used for it’s
longevity as it wont powder, crack, crumble or even melt in
solvents such as fuel and meets Australia’s the toughest
regulatory requirements for buoyancy and safety performance.

“The vessels also feature over 700L of sealed air
giving the boat positive and level flotation making them
virtually unsinkable. The positive buoyancy tubes offer
‘life-ring’ security, the observers are going to be very
safe and confident when out on the job.”

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